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Ten Years of Mrs. T.
Bean, Charles R; Symons, James - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989
, explains the initial rise in unemployment. The reduction in union power also helps to explain the acceleration in productivity … low wages and productivity. A fall in union power results in a reduction in these inefficiencies and leads not only to a … rise in productivity but also in wages. …
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Net Energy Expenditure and Energy Demand in the UK
Pearce, David; Westoby, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1985
productivity. It does not appear to have any special advantage over other measures for forecasting applications. …
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The Thatcher Miracle?
Layard, Richard Grenville; Nickell, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989
Since 1979 productivity growth in Britain has improved markedly compared with Europe. The turnaround in productivity …
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British Economic Growth Before and After 1979: A Review of the Evidence
Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
leading to poor productivity performance are the most plausible explanation of Britain's relative decline. It is argued both …
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Economic Convergence of the CEECs with the EU
Boone, Laurence; Maurel, Mathilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper tries to assess how costly it would be for the CEECs to peg their exchange rates to the Euro. We use three types of criteria: institutional (the Maastricht criteria); some measure of real convergence; and the Optimal Currency Area criteria. The institutional criteria seem to be an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662339
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East Germany, West Germany, and their Mezzogiorno Problem: An Empirical Investigation
Hughes Hallett, Andrew; Ma, Yue - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
westwards are to be avoided, there must be convergence in productivity levels. This paper analyses possible convergence paths …
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Weather shocks and English wheat yields, 1690-1871
Brunt, Liam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
reconcile the conflicting primal and dual estimates of productivity growth over the period. …
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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance
Bernard, Andrew B.; Moxnes, Andreas; Saito, Yukiko U. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to...
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Spatial frictions
Behrens, Kristian; Mion, Giordano; Murata, Yasusada; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the nature …
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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector
Gao, Hang; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
productivity in the generation segment of the industry. Controlling explicitly for sources of price-heterogeneity across firms and …
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